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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Friday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- NEW YORK -- Contenders at the U.S. Open could find themselves with a particularly tough first-round matchup when the draw is completed. Two Olympic medalists -- Monica Puig, who won gold for the women, and Juan Martin del Potro, who won silver for the men -- are unseeded, which means they could face a highly ranked player right away. Draw starts 11:30 a.m.- NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova faces top-seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the semifinals of the Connecticut Open, attempting to move into her fifth straight final in New Haven.- FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Patrick Reed and Martin Laird are tied for the lead going into the second round of The Barclays.- CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NFL MVP Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers will see his most extensive playing time of the preseason against then New England Patriots, while Tom Brady may have to take a back seat to Jimmy Garoppolo. Game starts 7:30 p.m.- Other NFL preseason games: Buffalo at Washington, 7:30 p.m.; Pittsburgh at New Orleans, 8 p.m.; Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.; Green Bay at San Francisco, 10 p.m.- Various stories from NFL training camps and college football practices.- LOS ANGELES -- Carlos Ruiz is set to make his debut for the Dodgers, a day after them got him in a trade of popular backup catchers that sent A.J. Ellis to Philadelphia. Bud Norris starts for Los Angeles against left-hander Mike Montgomery of the Chicago Cubs in the series opener between the first-place teams. Game starts 10 p.m.- BOSTON -- The Red Sox, tied atop of the AL East after a 7-4 road trip, return home for six-game homestand. The defending champion Kansas City Royals are hoping for another strong start from Ian Kennedy, while Steven Wright returns from the disabled list for Boston. Game starts 7:10 p.m.- BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Olympic gold medalist Lilly King became the face of clean athletes in Rio. King isnt backing away from that reputation and instead hopes to use her success to send a message to everyone else as she enters her sophomore season at Indiana.- BROOKLYN, Mich. -- With Dale Earnhardt Jr. still recovering from a concussion, Alex Bowman is filling in behind the wheel of the No. 88 car at Michigan this weekend.- FORT WORTH, Texas -- James Hinchcliffe has been leading the rain-interrupted IndyCar race at Texas for 11 weeks. 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Shawn Kemp Jersey . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg.There was a kind of symmetry to this tri-series, which started and ended with a capitulation by Zimbabwes batsmen. The difference, for captain Graeme Cremer, was that this time around his team made Sri Lanka work much harder for their win. Defending 160, Zimbabwe took a wicket with the first legitimate delivery bowled and Sri Lanka toiled for 38 overs for their six-wicket victory.When we went out there, we said even if they get our score one wicket down, well make it as hard as we can for them, Cremer said. We werent going to go searching for the wickets, but we wanted to put them under pressure and make it the hardest 160 theyve scored. That was our goal.Cremer had Kusal Mendis caught in the deep for 57, while left-arm quick Brian Vitori - who was not originally part of Zimbabwes squad for this series - nipped out three wickets at the top of the order. Vitoris was one of three surprising changes Zimbabwe made to their XI for this match. Malcolm Waller was brought back, without making much impact, but Tarisai Musakanda, the 21-year-old Mid-West Rhinos batsman, sprinted to an eye-catching 36 on debut.We hadnt really put on a big total [previously], so we felt that maybe just changing it up a little bit, and putting up something different to all the innings that Sri Lanka have had might work, coach Heath Streak explained. Musakanda is someone weve been holding back, but we just felt it was the right time. They didnt know much about him, and he showed exactly what hes got.I think hes got a bright future. Im very happy with him. And then Vitori, we picked him for exactly what he showed today. We felt we needed him. (Dhananjaya) De Silva and (Kusal) Perera have been really damaging up front, and we got them both early, so that paid off.Vitori had played for the Zimbabwe A side against Pakistan last month, before heading to Cape Town to fulfill a club contract. Because of this, he was not originally included in Zimbabwes tri-series squad, but had been training with the group since his return from South Africa. He had a contract in Cape Town, and wed wanted him to stay but he had to go down and fulfill that, Streak explained. But he managed to get back here, despite missing out on the Test series. And hes been practising and bowling with us here in the nets with the boys, and giving all our batters a hard time, so we felt that maybe he could do that to the opposition. Cremer conceded that, in hindsight, bowling first might have been Zimbabwes best choice upon winning the toss. The weather forecast for the match hinted at rain, with the afternoon looking particularly iffy. As it turned out, Zimbabwe batted through gloomy low cloud and rain, while Sri Lankas batsmen had the benefit of bright sunshine that dried the pitch and eased batting conditions.In hindsight, we probably could have bowled first, Crremer said.dddddddddddd. But the way it looked this morning, we thought it would only get worse or stay how it was. The wicket was a bit sticky this morning, so it took a lot of turn. But it looked really good to bat out there this afternoon. Its just one of those things. We couldnt predict that.Unpredictable weather aside, Streak suggested that 240 would have been a defendable total on this pitch. It was a wicket that over 600 runs had been scored on recently, Streak said. It was still quite dry, although obviously with a bit of rain, it got a little bit tacky. Despite that, no-one really got out, other than Masakadza, to an unplayable delivery.It wasnt a 300 wicket by any stretch of the imagination. We could have got to 240 or 250 if wed batted a bit more sensibly, and if wed done that it could have been a different story today. Weve got to move on and take the good part of the series with us, and learn from the things that we didnt do so well, and make sure we dont repeat them in the future.Despite Sundays defeat, Cremer was positive about Zimbabwes overall performance through this series. The hosts were able to knock West Indies out of the competition, while batsmen Sikandar Raza and Craig Ervine have found some form, averaging 54.33 and 36.75, respectively, across five innings.Were still trying to find the right combinations, Cremer said. Streaky has just come in [as coach]. I havent been captain for that long. So were trying to find the right XI for the conditions we play in, whether we go away or we play here. A lot of positives. Weve got a lot of young guys coming through. Carl Mumba is a bright prospect. Musakanda of course. PJ Moor is still really young in international cricket, and we know he can play at this level. Raza played really well in a few innings. Its good to see him back in a bit of form. Sean Williams showed signs today that hes starting to get back into it. So were quite excited for the couple of months ahead.Zimbabwe will - hopefully - be starting their domestic season at the beginning of December. Their next scheduled assignment is away, to Sri Lanka, in June, but coach Heath Streak insisted that other fixtures would be added to the calendar in the new year.Weve got some tours that were working on, between now and [Sri Lanka], Streak said. Well definitely have some cricket between now and the time we got to Sri Lanka next year. Guys have got provincial cricket, and well get together as a national squad where opportunity arises. There is a lot of specific stuff that we want to work on and keep improving. Ive spoken about fielding, but there are all sorts of things that we need to put in place. There will be a lot of cricket early next year. ' ' '